Associate Professor Hyokwan Bae (Ph. D.)
Education
2014: Ph.D., Bioengineering, Seoul National University
2006: M.S., Environmental Science and Engineering, POSTECH
2004: B.S., Chemical Engineering, POSTECH
Experience
2022~present: Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Urban, Earth and Environmental Engineering, UNIST
2021~2022: Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University
2017~2020: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University
2015~2016: Senior Research Scientist, Center for Water Cycle Research, KIST
2015: Post-doc, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
2006~2015: Research Scientist, Center for Water Cycle Research, KIST
2005: Visiting Researcher, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
Awards/Honors/Memberships
2023: Best Paper Award, 6th International Conference on Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering in conjunction with 2nd International Symposium on Carbon & Functional Materials for Energy & Environment (Role: Corresponding)
2022: Oral Presentation Award, Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science International Conference (Role: Corresponding)
2021: Excellence Paper Award, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies
2020: Outstanding Young Researcher, Pusan National University
2019: Excellent Editor Award, Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
2019: Best Poster Award, 11th Asian Symposium on Microbial Ecology (Role: Corresponding)
2018: Excellent Editor Award, Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
2014: Excellent Oral Presentation, Conference of the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (Role: Corresponding)
2013: Best Student Oral Presentation Award, Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE) Conference (Role: Presenter)
2012: Excellent Employee Commendation at KIST, Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science and Technology
2010: Excellent Research Team, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
2010: Excellent Oral Presentation, The 3rd International Desalination Workshop (Role: Presenter)
2010: Excellent Presentation, Conference of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (Role: Presenter)
2009: Excellent Presentation, Conference of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (Role: Presenter)
Research Keywords and Topics
1) Energy neutrality of wastewater treatment
2) Carbon storage using microalgae
3) Energy-saving nitrogen removal
4) Bacterial community structure for biogas production
5) Machine learning for system optimization